The U.S. Scores Its First Terror-Related Hacking Conviction In The War Against ISIS

ISIS’ global battles show no signs of slowing amid reports that the militant group planned the Paris attack to be even bloodier than the 130 deaths of the executed massacre. Recent reports suggest that 40 ISIS operatives who assisted in the Paris attack are still at large in Europe, and the group has claimed smaller-scale (though no less tragic) attacks like the recent Minnesota mall stabbing around the world. A high-ranking spokesperson was recently killed in Syria, but the U.S. government is also fighting a root cause of ISIS’ rise — the use of technology in aiding the Islamic State.

The Justice Department’s website explains the first U.S. conviction on terror-related hacking charges. Ardit Ferizi pleaded guilty to several acts, including gaining system-administrator level access to a server that held names of military and other government personnel. He used this information to help ISIS by culling 1,300 hacking victims into a hit list:

Ardit Ferizi, aka Th3Dir3ctorY, 20, a citizen of Kosovo, was sentenced today to 20 years in prison for providing material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a designated foreign terrorist organization, and accessing a protected computer without authorization and obtaining information in order to provide material support to ISIL. For the full article click here 

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